Treatment 13: The cone of shame is ready for use if he doesn’t stop licking the leg. Whether he is licking because of pain or because of the lotion, doesn’t matter. Kathy will be upset with him if he keeps licking.
Once again, no issues with the weather. I am so grateful for that. Arri needed a little encouragement to go with Kathy again today. He would gladly follow her for a treat but since he is fasting at that point, she can’t use that trick. He came out of treatment like a bull in a china shop. He was really amped up today, dragging Kathy down the hall. We had him relax in the waiting area for a few minutes. He would have been a real handful in the car.
I did spread the food around the back of the van and it helped a little. Instead of a 15 second meal, it took him 45 seconds. He is back to sitting in the front seat. He just doesn’t want to lie down and relax.
We stopped at Iskape Audiobooks on the way home. Fellow puppy raisers, Dyan and Steve, own the store. I traded in some books and Dyan invited Arri in the store. He was so happy to run around (no one else was there so I didn’t have the leash on). Arri sniffed almost every inch of the place. He was grinning from his adventure for a good part of the way home. Thanks Dyan : )
I quickly realized that the cone of shame is necessary. Poor Arri, he will probably have to wear it for 2 – 3 weeks. Coincidentally, I was looking at the catalog ‘In the Company of Dogs’. They have a t-shirt that says “it’s all fun and games until someone ends up in a cone”. Made me laugh. I may have to get one of those.
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